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Coming Soon, a Braille Silver Dollar

Officials unveiled the prototype of the first American coin with readable Braille characters, a silver dollar commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, creator of the alphabet for the blind. The president of the National Federation of the Blind, Marc Maurer, and the director of the United States Mint, Edmund C. Moy, unveiled the design. The heads side of the coin depicts Louis Braille with the word “Liberty” above it. On the back, the Braille code for the word Braille, or Brl, is inscribed, above a depiction of a boy reading a Braille book. Coins distributed by the Mint are distinguishable to the blind by size and weight, but the Braille silver dollar is the first to have Braille characters that can be read, Mr. Moy said. The commemorative coin will be available in spring 2009.